It was announced in January that two CHESS CubeSats set for launch in 2022 would carry amateur radio linear transponders. The project sponsors announced on June 10, however, that neither CHESS satellite would include an amateur radio payload.
CHESS project management, citing funding constraints, had to move the project toward a purely scientific program using a commercial CubeSat platform, which…
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Source: ARRL